Wall Street opens higher – Boursorama

Wall Street opens higher – Boursorama

Wall Street closed lower, after a series of corporate results considered disappointing and a poor indicator in the United States (Getty / AFP / File / Spencer Platt)

Wall Street opened higher Wednesday pulled up by the excellent results of Apple, and peacefully awaiting a monetary policy decision of the Federal Reserve (Fed): the Dow Jones took 0.25% and the Nasdaq 0.94%

Around 2:40 p.m.. GMT, the index Featured Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 44.25 points 17,431.17 points and the Nasdaq, which Apple is one of the main components of 43.96 points 4,725.45 points.

Often favored by investors, the broader S & amp;. P 500 gained 0.44%, or 8.83 points to 2038.38 point

On Tuesday, the New York Stock Exchange had fallen sharply after poor results of companies, primarily Microsoft and Caterpillar, and an unexpected drop in US durable goods orders: the Dow Jones lost 1.65% to 17,387.21 points and the Nasdaq 1 89% to 4681.50 points.

“Monday before the opening, we were expecting a sense turvy week, and the market is currently in this direction with much hesitation” noted Patrick J. O’Hare of Briefing.com.

While yesterday “was not good for the stock market, as today should be better, d First through Apple, which released brilliant results, “he said.

The IT group jumped 7.37% to 117.18 dollars after the announcement of a historical quarterly profit of more than $ 18 billion (€ 16 billion), primarily fueled by unprecedented sales of its flagship product, the iPhone.

On the macroeconomic front, the day, without indicator, will be dominated by the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Fed, which will be announced at 1900 GMT, after a two-day meeting.

For most analysts, it should not differ from that of mid-December, when the Fed said it would remain “patient” before starting the first increase in interest rates in the United States since 2006.

Sign no disruption is expected, “the decision will be accompanied or new economic forecasts, or a press conference Janet Yellen, the Fed president,” noted experts from the brokerage Charles . Schwab

For now, “the reluctance of the stock market continue to support the bond market, as investors — foreigners as Americans – take refuge,” said Patrick J. O ‘Hare.

So the debt market continued to rise the day before. The yield on ten-year dropped to 1.804% against 1.818% Friday night, and that good for 30 years at 2.371% against 2.395%.

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